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3 verified reports published on February 6, 2018.
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The throughline on February 6 was simple: the White House kept trying to declare victory, but the record kept refusing to cooperate. That is the Trump-era curse in miniature — celebrate first, explain later, then spend the rest of the day watching the facts punch holes in the parade balloon.
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The White House was still trying to sell the House Republicans’ surveillance memo as a full vindication of Trump, but the broader political effect was sloppier and weaker than the hype. On February 6, the memo fight was increasingly looking like a partisan distraction that did little to change the Russia investigation or the public’s skepticism.
While Trump allies were trying to declare victory on Russia, the president’s broader legal problems kept moving forward in court. On February 6, the public docket still showed a White House that was fighting on multiple fronts and failing to convert political muscle into legal escape hatches.
Carter Page’s public reaction on February 6 showed the memo backlash was not neatly breaking Trump’s way. Instead of proving the case for Trump, the controversy kept pulling his campaign-era Russia problems back into view.